Congratulations to Zoey Watkins who is the 2023 Macoupin County Champion in the Long Jump.
Congratulations to our Gateway Metro Conference Track and Field Champions. Grant Burch won the discus with a throw of 133' 4" (40.66 meters) as well as set a new conference record.. Zoey Watkins won the 300 meter low hurdles with a time of 51.42. She improved her personal record by over 2 seconds and in the process set a new school record and a new conference record. Zoey also earned a 3rd place medal in the 200 meter run. Great job to Zoey and Grant!
Congratulations to Taytem Brooks, Ruth Gibson, Olivia Gresham, Lauren Lenihan, Abbie Manar, and Heaven Wilkinson! They were honored tonight as senior members of the softball team.
BHHS honored the senior members of the baseball team this evening prior to the game against Litchfield. Congratulations to Bradley Huber and Kyler Softley!
BHHS welcomed Joe Parmentier as the new varsity head basketball coach this evening during a student/parent meeting. Coach Parmentier is very excited to be a part of the BHHS family and cannot wait to get started!
The BHHS Honors Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 12th at 2pm. During the ceremony, students will be recognized for their academic and athletic accomplishments. The community is invited!
Do you like gardening? On May 3rd, we are having a plant sale!
BHHS students are enjoying themselves at the Junior/Senior Prom at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville! Congrats to Julianna Scroggins and Daniel Manar as the queen and king!
Today, Illinois State Police Trooper Rodger Goines addressed BHHS on the dangers of drinking and driving and other distractions while driving. The overall theme was "safety" in all driving situations, but especially tomorrow while BHHS students attend prom at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville. All students thanked Trooper Goines with a round of applause for his message and his service.
Due to us not having enough players, the softball game at Carrollton for tonight is canceled.
This is it!! The LAST REMINDER to get that 2023 Rewind Yearbook!
In person sales end when the final bell rings today, Friday, April 28th. Online sales will end Sunday, April 30th at Midnight!
Mrs. Wilkinson will be available until 3:30 today to check if a yearbook has already been purchased. There are only 55 books sold at this point which means that the contract order will be reduced and little to no extras will be ordered. DON'T MISS OUT!!
The website to order from is www.yearbookforever.com
High school students visited 2nd grade today at Wolf Ridge to read Clifford's Good Deeds. They also completed a writing activity about what good deeds they could do at school and their community. Every 2nd grader got to keep their book.
This week, the BHHS FFA talked to the 3rd, 6th, and 8th graders about agriculture and what FFA is. They also played agriculture bingo!
Our Minutemen came out on top tonight with a 13-3 win versus Maryville Christian. Great job guys!
This past Wednesday, Mrs. Eschbach's College Prep English 4 class had Dr. Collin Vorbeck, Assistant Professor of Theatre from Blackburn College, visit to talk to students about different opportunities at college like Theatre. They were able to act out a fun script, and as you can see, they had a blast!
Today, our staff and students dressed up as different generations for spirit week.
Seniors- Grandparents
Juniors- Parents
Sophomores- Toddlers
Freshman- Babies
May 6th, join us at the High School for the Minutemaids Homerun Derby Fundraiser!
Mrs. Wilkinson was able to take next year's yearbook club editors, Mady Landreth and Lynzie Hill, to the zoo for the 2024 Yearbook Inspo Day Event hosted by publisher, Walsworth. They enjoyed a zoo-based photo scavenger hunt, a great lunch, and a great opportunity to brainstorm ideas for their senior yearbook!
There will be a meeting for all parents and players to meet the new basketball coach next Tuesday, May 2nd in the BHHS library at 5:30pm.
Several baseball and softball fans were out tonight to watch our Minutemen and Minutemaids compete against Gillespie. Although we came up short in both games, our athletes played hard and made some outstanding plays!
